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1. fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:29:24 EDT; Hi Listers For those on the spridget list, this is a follow up to my "need help tuning" post. I now think my problem may be my fuel pump. I disconnected the fuel line tonight and ran it into a gallon; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00512.html (7,044 bytes)
2. Re: fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:11:19 +0100; when I suggested fuel pump I was thinking that if the car had been standing a while, either the pump diaphragm or maybe the rubber fuel line connecting to the tank pick up tube has dried out and cra; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00519.html (8,088 bytes)
3. Re: fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:28:11 -0400; I may be late on this, but did you check to be sure the floats aren't glued shut and hanging high and dry. After sitting a great while, the varnish left behind can do that after the gas is gone. Had; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00557.html (9,414 bytes)
4. Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:31:31 -0500; Here's another weird Spridget problem. The fuel pump on my Bugeye (SU Electric) clicks away just fine. But it clicks away with the "out of gas" sound. So I put gas in the tank even though it reads 1/; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00834.html (7,758 bytes)
5. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:37:01 -0600; Frank... you might have a leak at the pump or a fitting allowing air into the system and fuel to return to the tank... this would cause the pump to suck air which is easier to move then Fuel.... once; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00838.html (8,744 bytes)
6. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:09:43 -0500; I would think it is a small leak in something between the tank and the pump. I would try re-tightening the fittings between the tank and the pump. The only question I have is that the pump should be; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00841.html (7,825 bytes)
7. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 06:13:46 EST; << Any ideas? Not that blowing into the gas tank is a big deal, but my wife and daughter just refuse to do it. I don't mind at all, it's just one more quirk of LBC ownership I could get used to. >> F; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00848.html (7,156 bytes)
8. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:56:48 -0600; Or you could tell them it is a Breathalyzer Starter..................; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00849.html (7,341 bytes)
9. Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 07:43:59 -0500; Frank, I'm sure you'll find the problem here, but my guess it that the pump has a diaphragm problem. This is rare as they are a really tough material. It could be that it is partially stuck or gummed; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00851.html (7,276 bytes)
10. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:51:14 -0800; I have had this on my first Spridget where the tank was very rusty and had been fixed with multiple layers of fiberglass!!! Of course the gas would dissolve the resin over time so that it started lea; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00876.html (7,439 bytes)
11. Re: Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:24:25 -0800; Hi Frank, If the above solutions didn't work, I would look at the pick up tube in the tank. It could have a pin hole or just leaking at the side fitting. If this isn't it than it could also be a stuc; /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00926.html (8,865 bytes)
12. Fuel Pump Question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:18:13 -0500; Well gang, I've been looking under the bonnet of my '76 Midget (Spitfigit?). The stock mechanical fuel pump is still on the engine but not connected to the fuel system. Presumably, the stock pump fai; /html/spridgets/2000-09/msg00597.html (6,941 bytes)

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